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Usable Theory

Paperback • 2009 • English

Usable Theory

By Dietrich Rueschemeyer

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The project of twentieth-century sociology and political science--to create predictive scientific theory--resulted in few full-scale theories that can be taken off the shelf and successfully applied to empirical puzzles. Yet focused "theory frames" that formulate problems and point to relevant causal factors and conditions have produced vibrant, insightful, and analytically oriented empirical research. While theory frames alone cannot offer explanation or prediction, they guide empirical theory ...Show more

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9780691129594

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Usable Theory

Format

Paperback

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